ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159103
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| Date: | Monday 11 September 1944 |
| Time: | 18:40 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 582 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB184 |
| MSN: | 6O-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Haltern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton |
Took off from RAF Little Staughton at 16:00?
The aircraft crashed approximately 18:40 near Bergbossendorf 3km from the centre of Haltern.
No Luftwaffe claims, possibly Flak.
WO Hazelhurst was part of Trupp 34. He arrived at Bankau on 25th September 1944.
Crew
Pilot: Flt Lt P H Shurlock - Repatiated on Arundal Castle to Liverpool on 6 February 1945.
Flight Engineer: 1172743 WO Victor Allenby Davis DFM - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18 Row B Grave 9.
Navigator: J/35904 Fg Off Kenneth Emil Lenz RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5572.
Bomb Aimer: J/35902 Fg Off John Richard Gorman RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5634.
Wireless Operator: 1187336 WO William Bernard Hazelhurst - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper Silesia/ PoW Number 781.
Mid Upper Gunner: 120184 Flt Lt Reginald Keith Simmonds - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number?
Rear Gunner: 178225 Plt Off Hayden Edward Jacobs - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number?
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 17:21 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 17:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2021 16:57 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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